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Letters and newspapers 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Royal messengers were men of _________.

a)

not importance

b)

very importance

c)

some importance

2.

Government messengers carried state documents and they worked _________.

a)

in groups

b)

in relays

c)

alone

3.

____________ ruled Persia nearly 2500 years ago and set up inns and stables along his loyal roads.

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Alexander the great

c)

Darius the great

4.

The distance between the battle of Marathon and Athen is about ___________.

a)

forty-two kilometers

b)

thirty- two kilometers

c)

twenty- two kilometers

5.

During the middle ages, the courts throughout Europe had ____________.

a)

Amatuer messengers

b)

Professional messengers

c)

Royal messengers

6.

It is said that a good courier could take the king message from London to Scotland in _____________.

a)

four days

b)

five days

c)

six days

7.

The first Post Office Act of Parliament was passed in 1657 in the time of __________.

a)

Queen Elizabeth

b)

Henry Bishop

c)

Oliver Cromwell

8.

The first kind of newspaper appeared in ancient Rome in the time of ___________.

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Claudius

c)

Augustus

9.

____________ began to appear after the invention of printing.

a)

Letters and newspapers

b)

Pamphlets and news books

c)

Pamphlets and letters

10.

William Dockwra used his own special ____________ shaped marks for stamping letters.

a)

Square and diamond

b)

Diamond and heart

c)

Triangle and heart

11.

Throughout Europe, kings and princes employed ________ to send them letters with the news and reports of events in other countries as well as their own.

a)

Messengers

b)

Reporters

c)

Spies

12.

Ordinary people had to rely on only ___________ for the news in Europe.

a)

word of message

b)

word of mouth

c)

word of month

13.

The first English Journalists met regularly at the entrance of ___________ in London to exchange news.

a)

St. Martin Cathedral

b)

St. Pancras Cathedral

c)

St. Paul's Cathedral

14.

The first regular newspaper was published in Germany and came out __________.

a)

Once a year

b)

Once a month

c)

Once a week

15.

The name of the first daily newspaper in Britain is __________.

a)

Daily Current

b)

Daily Courage

c)

Daily Courant